DCCC chair Cheri Bustos (D-IL) informed the committee in a letter Wednesday evening that Lucinda Guinn will replace Allison Jaslow, who left her post during an emergency meeting in July. Guinn, who is Hispanic, is a former executive at EMILY’s List, according to Politico.

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As Breitbart News reported, the DCCC experienced what was dubbed a “Monday Night Massacre” in July, with tensions over the committee’s purported lack of diversity boiling over, causing many top staffers to quit in dramatic fashion.

“There is not one person of color — black or brown, that I’m aware of — at any position of authority or decision making in the DCCC,” Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) remarked. “It is shocking, it is shocking, and something needs to be done about it.”

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To address the concerns from disgruntled Democrats – specifically Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Caucus members – Bustos asked members for guidance and input in the DCCC’s search for a new executive director.

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Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA) served on Bustos’s advisory council and praised her for demonstrating a commitment to diversity.

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The search for the executive director involved dozens of resumes, and the DCCC ultimately interviewed 13 individuals. “More than half were people of color and more than half were women,” Politico reported.

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Rep. Tony Cardenas, chair of BOLD Pac, the campaign arm for the Hispanic Caucus, praised the decision as a “historic moment for the DCCC.”